"Deport us all!" Protests against Roma in Korkino, Chelyabinsk, where a taxi driver was killed, have continued for almost 24 hours.
Now at the local community center passes A meeting between local residents and the leadership of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee, and the Prosecutor's Office. The residents are outraged by the high crime rate in their city and demand the deportation of the Roma. The generals explain that they cannot do so because they are Russian citizens.
"Then deport us all!" — suggested one of the residents, and 200 people supported her with applause.
Even after the head of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergey Kosmachev right in the hall removed from the post of chief of city police Vladimir Dyakin, the situation remains tense, conversations with security forces continue in raised tones.
Residents of Korkino are outraged that Roma do not serve in the army, do not participate in the "SVO", walk around the city with weapons, sell drugs, and behave provocatively.
The brutal murder of a 40-year-old taxi driver triggered the mass riots. Elena SarafanovaTwo suspects, both Roma, aged 16 and 19, have been detained. According to a prosecutor, the taxi driver was stabbed to death with a homemade knife.
The father of the detained teenager argues He himself brought his son to the police, as he was indeed in the taxi and became a suspect in the murder case. Today, the court sentenced him to two months in pretrial detention.
“I gave them my son for questioning, they didn’t ask my son,” — the man told reporters.
He also explained that the teenager attends a special school because he is deaf and dumb. He takes taxis regularly and was driving home from his brother's that evening.
“I have never had any conflict with this child in my life, and he has positive references at school,” — said the father and declared that none of the Roma were going to leave the city after the pogroms, and he intended to prove his son’s innocence to the end.
On photo father of the suspect: 74.ru
